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Type and Source of Financial Aid Received by MN Students

$2,763 million in FY 2009

Group of pie charts showing type and source of financial aid

2009 Student Aid Awards

  Number of MN Undergraduates Average Award
Federal Pell Grant
($4,731 maximum)		 98,691 $2,675
State Grant Program 84,033 $1,699

State Financing for Higher Education

$2,763 million for fiscal year 2009

Bar graph showing state financing for higher education by category for a ten-year period
Loans
(millions)		 Grants
(millions)		 Work Study
(millions)
1999 $525 $470 $34
2001 529 606 36
2003 844 687 24
2005 1,049 782 39
2007 1,220 864 42
2009 1,654 1,071 38

Tuition and Fees

Full-time, Minnesota Resident Undergraduate
2010-11 Academic Year  2008-09 Academic Year 2006-07 Academic Year
Public
2-year Colleges $4,490-5,300 $4,100-4,909 $3,800-4,590
State Universities 5,920-8,080 5,473-7,508 5,080-7,100
University of MN 10,620-12,290 9,381-10,756 8,570-10,310
Private
4-year Colleges* $10,380-41,310 $9,495-38,046 $8,270-34,270
Career Schools 5,150-30,150 4,584-30,150 4,190-23,990

*Includes nonprofit and for-profit institutions offering baccalaureate degrees.

Participation in State Grant Program FY 2009

(242,253 resident enrollees; 84,033 with grants; $143 million in grants)

Two bar graphs showing percentages of undergraduate enrollment and grant dollars

Originally published January 2011.